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Tuesday, June 07, 2016

Tuesday links

Work's still distracting me from the important job of blogging, but here are a few recent links of note:

* anyone who was taking Dilbert writer Scott Adams even half seriously on his "Trump as Master Persuader" meme should perhaps read his latest post in which he endorses Hilary Clinton for the obvious reason [/sarc] that she's now sounding persuasive and may well trigger a race war in which he [Adams] would be a target for assassination.

I wouldn't be surprised if he later reveals that anyone who believed him is a victim of his own persuasive powers. The guy's just a tad nutty, and an attention seeker.

* The Conversation looks at the question of whether East Coast lows that caused much flooding and wave damage the last few days are expected to become less or more frequent under global warming. The answer: modelling suggests they may become fewer, but those that do come could be stronger. I don't think that's an encouraging answer. Here's a screen shot from The Guardian yesterday of the before and after situation at that Sydney beach: